The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, Public Health Training Center, Washington State Department of Health, and Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center invite leaders from public health, health care, and community organizations to Transforming…
It’s Seattle Pride 2015 weekend! It’s going to be a hot weekend, so remember to stay in the shade, wear sunscreen, and drink water. Some helpful links on LGBTQ health: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)…
As summer begins, that means lawns need mowing. However, that also means we need to think about lawn mower safety. From 2012-2014, an average of 36,000 people were treated in hospital emergency rooms for walk-behind power mower…
The following information is brought to you by Safe Kids™ Skating and skateboarding can increase balance, agility, coordination and reaction time. It’s also pretty fun. With plenty of practice and these safety tips, your kids…
It’s National Public Health Week! Learn more here about #NPHW. To kick things off, President Obama issued a proclamation recognizing the value public health workers deliver to our country every day. Take a look!
March is #BrainInjuryAwareness month! For some basic information, you can go to the CDC Injury Center. The CDC is also promoting their Heads Up program, you can follow their campaign on Twitter. What is a Concussion? A concussion is…
We are happy to announce that HIPRC is partnering with Safe Kids Pierce County, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and other agencies for a free gun lock box or trigger lock event this month. Sportco in Fife…
2014 HIPRC Summer Students Pictured (left to right): Front row: Ujwala Kumar, Arthi Narayanan, Leyna Ho Back row: Alexandria Lahdya, Rajiv Ayyagari, Leah Thompson Not pictured: Matt Li, Tom Wilson, Shan Modi, Tiffany Vogt, Mia Vogel,…
New Chair of the UW Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering HIPRC Associate Member Linda Ng Boyle, PhD (Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering) has accepted the position of chair of the…